Uniting States:voluntary union in world politics
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 244 p.: maps ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199782192 (hardback : alk. paper) 0199782199 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780199782208 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199782202 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D771 |
CLC: | D771.22 |
Call Number: | D771.22/P228-1 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-235) and index. Introduction -- Explaining Political Union -- Force, Fraud, and the Founding of the American Constitution -- America's Necessity -- Switzerland, Staatenbund to Bundesstaat -- The Liminal Union of Sweden and Norway -- Bolivar's Dreams of Gran Colombia -- Europe's American Idol -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Machiavelli and the Missing Romulus. |